Why lord Shiva only drank poison ? - While churning the – skheera sagar, the milky ocean - at first the most dangerous poison [kaalakoot or haalahal] came out of the ocean, destroying everything around and all were running away from the scene, including gods. None of the gods [devas] were capable of controlling it and everyone prayed to ....
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Why only lord Vishnu takes avatars ? - Among the Hindu trinity ONLY lord Vishnu takes avatars often – as it has been mentioned in the Hindu scriptures and the other two, lord Brahma and lord Shiva never take any avatar. This is not without reason. The lord Vishnu is the protector of the universe. Hence, in order to...
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Why lord Shiva is the best Dancer ? - Lord Shiva is the god of meditation; he is the best for meditating. Among all the gods – only Lord Shiva can sit still like a statue, this is while he is in meditation. This is the reason lord Shiva is known as the lord of Yogis, the meditating monks. On the other hand lord Shiva is the fastest as well, he is the best dancer, in his Nataraj avatar...---------------------------------------------------------------------
Why Re-incarnation ? - Initially the ‘self’ is all idiotic and dirty in nature. For it to gain maturity, to become sensitive – the ‘god’ makes it pass through lots of births – through different species, including plants, birds, animals and finally human beings. In each of these life forms, the soul gets certain maturity. For example, the birds can fly well, due to the ‘flying’ the birds will gain certain maturity – which the crawling ...
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What is law of actions ? - The modern scientists have been discovering different laws functioning in the physical universe. Akin to this – the Hindu sages had discovered different laws operating in the universe – that are subtler and obscure, not just physical, one such law is the law...
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What is life ? - Life is a voyage from the known to the unknown. Life is a search for the eternal truth. We are sailing in the world – to reach our home, the ‘god’. We are travelling in the world [including our body] as in a vehicle [train] to somewhere, to reach the ‘god’. When we are tired of our travel, when we feel bored of this world, we will think of getting down, we... 
